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of real science at work. dna really is the only discipline among the forensic disciplines that consistently produces results that you can rely on wi a fair level of confence. >> when we looked at all the cases of people who have been exonerated by dna evidence, we found that in 60% of those cases, experts who testified for the prosecution produced either invalid evidence or the misapplication of science in their testimony. >> bergman: in other words, dna has called into question the basic reliability of many of the other forensic sciences. >> what we're talking about with forensic science is systemic failure. we're talking about using techniques, using equipment that's never been validated scientifically. >> bergman: but police and prosecutors say they need to use every tool they can get. and sometimes that means pushing the boundaries of forensic science, even in the most high profile cases. >> (on phone): 9-1-1, what's your emergency? >> bergman: in orlando, florida, a series of calls to 9-1-1 led to a sens
of real science at work. dna really is the only discipline among the forensic disciplines that consistently produces results that you can rely on wi a fair level of confence. >> when we looked at all the cases of people who have been exonerated by dna evidence, we found that in 60% of those cases, experts who testified for the prosecution produced either invalid evidence or the misapplication of science in their testimony. >> bergman: in other words, dna has called into question the...
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this is not his first time going up against accepted science. >> hockenberry: was the science around chlorofluorocarbons hyped, the science around secondhand smoke hyped, the science around the ozone layer hyped, going back ten, 15, 20 years? >> i'm happy to discuss all of these, since i've been deeply involved in these topics that you mention. let me start with secondhand smoke. >> fred singer is, i think, a professional contrarian. when i was in graduate school, i worked on stratospheric ozone depletion. and fred would call me when i was in grad school and talk to me about how he didn't think humans were depleting ozone. and before that, he had real questions about whether humans were causing acid rain, and he di't think that nuclear winter was a... was sound science. and he really criticized the work that connected secondhand smoke to health impacts. and now he doesn't think global warming is an issue. >> so is global warming fact or fiction? >> hockenberry: but fred singer's case was bolstered when, in november of 2009, the skeptics got a break that would put climate scientists o
this is not his first time going up against accepted science. >> hockenberry: was the science around chlorofluorocarbons hyped, the science around secondhand smoke hyped, the science around the ozone layer hyped, going back ten, 15, 20 years? >> i'm happy to discuss all of these, since i've been deeply involved in these topics that you mention. let me start with secondhand smoke. >> fred singer is, i think, a professional contrarian. when i was in graduate school, i worked on...
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learning any science? >> so i'll start off with the gimmick. everything in education is a gimmick, the present world, specifically of urban education, is filled with gimmicks. unfortunately, those gimmicks have no grounding in the youth understandings and culture. you know, every single day there's a new curriculum, new standards. but i want to talk about the larger issue, and the larger issues is the fact that there is an obsession with these metrics that in reality don't tell us anything about teaching and learning. they really, really don't. they tell you how much a kid can soak in information, but, and spit it back out at you, but it won't tell you anything about the kid who through being in this classroom finally sees himself as a scientist. >> you see i'm an organism, changing every minute, i'm not too good at science, but i'm a still get in it, i remix my lifestyle, change it through my lifeline. i mutate the flow and i go with instinct. as a lyricist my mind is cave, darwin already turning out in h
learning any science? >> so i'll start off with the gimmick. everything in education is a gimmick, the present world, specifically of urban education, is filled with gimmicks. unfortunately, those gimmicks have no grounding in the youth understandings and culture. you know, every single day there's a new curriculum, new standards. but i want to talk about the larger issue, and the larger issues is the fact that there is an obsession with these metrics that in reality don't tell us...
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you have basic science and discovery science i prefer to call it actually. discovery science that gives you the understanding of the world and ourselves. we then have translation of that knowledge into the potential for application. and then we have the application, i mean in medicine it would be clinical trial. and what you need to do is invest across the whole spectrum. sometimes people say oh we know enough we should just invest in translation or some say we should just invest in direct application but then you run out of ideas very, very quickly. you have to invest across the whole spectrum. that's what is really required. and cameron i think recognized that. >> there's a big thing, big subject in america today called america's decline or america's competitiveness, that's wt thepresident spoke to in his state of the union. and all kinds of people are debating this subject now. it has to do with the rise of china and india and the economic growth of those emerging nations. it has to do with the fact that technology s no respect for boundaries which we are
you have basic science and discovery science i prefer to call it actually. discovery science that gives you the understanding of the world and ourselves. we then have translation of that knowledge into the potential for application. and then we have the application, i mean in medicine it would be clinical trial. and what you need to do is invest across the whole spectrum. sometimes people say oh we know enough we should just invest in translation or some say we should just invest in direct...
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of science. of science. and i'd like to... if you put together all the revelations of science, that we are biologically connected not only to each other but to all the life forms on the earth, that our molecules are the same molecules that we find in other plants, that this connectivity transforms, i think... i'd like to believe will transform how you view yourself. are you above and apart from everything, or are you a part of everything? because if you think you're above and apart from it, then what's to prevent you from just taking out the forests, and dominating all the creatures of the planet? >> hinojosa: and a lot of people do that, don't they? >> they do that because their ego sits high. but when you study the universe, the ego needs to take a different place. >> hinojosa: there's something else that happens, though. >> because we're not as... we're never as big as we ever thought we were. we're little. a quick example how little... >> hinojosa: well, i am little, but whenever i go to the planetarium,
of science. of science. and i'd like to... if you put together all the revelations of science, that we are biologically connected not only to each other but to all the life forms on the earth, that our molecules are the same molecules that we find in other plants, that this connectivity transforms, i think... i'd like to believe will transform how you view yourself. are you above and apart from everything, or are you a part of everything? because if you think you're above and apart from it,...
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. >> the science classroom is about using fundamental principles of science. it's not about talking about policy debates. it's evidence. >> brown: ray suarez examines the shifting burden of responsibility in afghanistan after president obama signed a pact heralding a new era of partnership between the two nations. >> ifill: and judy woodruff talks with gerda weissmann klein about how hehorrifying years in nazi captivity inspired her to work with students on the value of american citizenship. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> citi turns 200 this year. in that time, there have been some good days and some difficult ones. but through it all, we persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. >> and by nordic naturals. and with the ongoi
. >> the science classroom is about using fundamental principles of science. it's not about talking about policy debates. it's evidence. >> brown: ray suarez examines the shifting burden of responsibility in afghanistan after president obama signed a pact heralding a new era of partnership between the two nations. >> ifill: and judy woodruff talks with gerda weissmann klein about how hehorrifying years in nazi captivity inspired her to work with students on the value of...
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can it teach kids science? >> i've seen people stare at the mechanism, get really intrigued by how does that work. why did it do it what way? >> reporter: one of the most popular exhibits at the old and the new exploratoriums is a huge mirror that visitors can watch for hours. >> it's a mirror that was actually built for nasa for a space shuttle for a flight simulator. when you walk towards it, all of a sudden your head appears upside down, because it's a curved mirror. it also makes your sound be magnified. we find people then try to figure out, how does it work? the museum floor is our experimental space, and we study how people learn. we study how to make better exhibits. >> reporter: but while big science and technology centers like the exploratorium can be exciting and attract thousands of people, some educators say a smaller, less expensive approach to out-of-school learning, with more emphasis on poor and underserved kids, can be just as effective in supplementing what happens in school. dan sudran runs
can it teach kids science? >> i've seen people stare at the mechanism, get really intrigued by how does that work. why did it do it what way? >> reporter: one of the most popular exhibits at the old and the new exploratoriums is a huge mirror that visitors can watch for hours. >> it's a mirror that was actually built for nasa for a space shuttle for a flight simulator. when you walk towards it, all of a sudden your head appears upside down, because it's a curved mirror. it...
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it's about doing computer science in medicine, or computer science and arts. or doing computer science and languages or educational software. so the first thing is careers are out there that play very well. they're very flexible, great opportunities to provide a career with family. so i hate that young women don't get that opportunity. the second one is what gets created in technology depends on who's doing the creation. i'll talk about computer games for a moment. so for a very long time, virtually all the computer games were built by young men and somewhat older men and played by young men and somewhat older men so we had shoot 'em ups, lots of violence, sports. now all of a sudden what has happened is the game publishers and game developers and the nintendo and sony and so on have realized that the market for video games has plateaued so now they're going after young wen and older women and suddenly we're seeing games are fun. so the first example is isims which came out of electronic arts and became the most popular computer game ever played. a lot of peop
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the power of science. >> yeah. >> rose: what science can do it for us. what dow want us to understand about the field of science? >> well, more than what science can do for us, is more what scientic thinking can do for us. >> rose: as a matter of reasoning. >> as a matter of reasoning. i think you know one of the things that i realized when i was talking about more passages was there are some ndamental scientific conceptshat even people really interested in science don't know. and it is helpful to have those in mind when i talk to my friends, i realize its useful to havehese ways of organizing information to understand this role of scale to understand what uncertainty means. >> this about process >> it's about process b the ingredients that go into making a logical, rational decision. it's about understanding that every fact you have comes with uncertainty. and that uncertainty isn't a bad thing. it's part of the statement of the information. it's actually you understand something only if you understand the uncertainty in what you are saying. and if you
the power of science. >> yeah. >> rose: what science can do it for us. what dow want us to understand about the field of science? >> well, more than what science can do for us, is more what scientic thinking can do for us. >> rose: as a matter of reasoning. >> as a matter of reasoning. i think you know one of the things that i realized when i was talking about more passages was there are some ndamental scientific conceptshat even people really interested in science...
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this is fun science, and that's boring science sometimes. chemistry is boring science. >> reporter: music to dale dougherty's ears-- science, engineering and math cleverly disguised as a ton of fun with friends. >> i want them to see how they can learn doing things. you know, what can you build? and if you think about it as a progression, you sort of naturally want to do more interesting things and acquire more skills, more knowledge to do that. >> reporter: makers have also learned that education doesn't begin or end at the schoolhouse door. a lot can be learned behind a garage door as well. >> warner: finally tonight, america's lost war and its lingering hold on several generations of civilian leaders and military strategists. judy woodruff has our book conversation. >> woodruff: it's been 36 years since last helicopters lifted off the american embassy in what was then saigon, the capital of south vietnam. almost four decades since american troops fought a protracted, costly, and losing war. and ever since, that war and how it was fought h
this is fun science, and that's boring science sometimes. chemistry is boring science. >> reporter: music to dale dougherty's ears-- science, engineering and math cleverly disguised as a ton of fun with friends. >> i want them to see how they can learn doing things. you know, what can you build? and if you think about it as a progression, you sort of naturally want to do more interesting things and acquire more skills, more knowledge to do that. >> reporter: makers have also...
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>> it's important to communicate science because science is surrounding us. we swim in an ocean of science. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: power grids in the eastern u.s. struggled to rebuild today, even as new storms did new damage overnight. the death toll reached 22 killed in six states since friday, and for many thousands of others, there was only stifling heat and no air conditioning. for a third day, utility crews logged long hours to restore power to some two million customers. for a third day many endured long hours of misery after losing power in violent
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seth cupperman, a science teacher at manhattan's high school for math, science and engineering, jean raleigh for p.s. 19 in stat tan island and babson wang, a math teacher at by a side high school in queens. i wanted to talk to you about the national conversation which is going on here in new york as wellf assessing teachers and trying to perhaps encourage those who aren't doing a good job to seek other careers and promoting, encouraging, incentivizing those who have a knack for this. is it a worthwhile question to be asking and can it lead us somewhere that's useful for our kids? >> i don't think anyone has a problem with accountability in and of itself. anyone has a problem with assessment in and of itself. >> i don't think anyone has a problem with accountability in and of itself. i don't think anyone has a problem with assessment in and of itself. the problem, like you said, is the implementation of it. even when it's in a system where the teachers kind of a... a-- promote it. the observation protocol. most teachers who are in unions have some sort of observation that happens. fo
seth cupperman, a science teacher at manhattan's high school for math, science and engineering, jean raleigh for p.s. 19 in stat tan island and babson wang, a math teacher at by a side high school in queens. i wanted to talk to you about the national conversation which is going on here in new york as wellf assessing teachers and trying to perhaps encourage those who aren't doing a good job to seek other careers and promoting, encouraging, incentivizing those who have a knack for this. is it a...
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some science. tim:es i know and philosophers know are worried that in this country, at least, they worry i that somehow we have forgotten that and forgotten what science delivers for us, which is fact, that certain things,verwlmed by the absence of respect for the scientific inquiry. well -- >> rose: and that is the beginning of decline in civilization. >> that is a grand statement, and it might even be true, but i guess there is a part of me that wants to believe that people have access to the information, that they have access to understanding the method, that they will think in a more rational way, that it won't be the decline of civilization. and pa of what i want to do is get across some of these ingredients, you know, how do we think about risk? i mean we have seen nonsensical statements about risk and some interesting statements about risk but certainly we tend to be irrational when we talk about risk and what is going into that? >> rose: you travel around the world a lot, do you find there
some science. tim:es i know and philosophers know are worried that in this country, at least, they worry i that somehow we have forgotten that and forgotten what science delivers for us, which is fact, that certain things,verwlmed by the absence of respect for the scientific inquiry. well -- >> rose: and that is the beginning of decline in civilization. >> that is a grand statement, and it might even be true, but i guess there is a part of me that wants to believe that people have...
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it's about doing computer science in medicine, or computer science and arts. or doing computer science and languages or educational software. so the first thing is careers are out there that play very well. they're very flexible, great opportunities to provide a career with family. so i hate that young women don't get that opportunity. the second one is what gets created in technology depends on who's doing the creation. i'll talk about computer games for a moment. so for a very long time, virtually all the computer games were built by young men and somewhat older men and played by young men and somewhat older men so we had shoot 'em ups, lots of violence, sports. now all of a sudden what has happened is the game publishers and game developers and the nintendo and sony and so on have realized that the market for video games has plateaued so now they're going after young women and older women and suddenly we're seeing games are fun. so the first example is isims which came out of electronic arts and became the most popular computer game ever played. a lot of pe
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then, bias against women in science. behind the headlines: bpa, a chemical used in plastic that's everywhere and raising health concerns. >> hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, tweeting firestorm. gop vice presidential candidate paul ryan generated controversy this week when he stopped off from his campaign to buy hunting gear for his 10-year-old daughter. the avid hunter said his daughter is ready to go hunting for the first time. he bought her a rifle for christmas last year. ryan fans banded together on twitter to show their second endment support by posting pictures of their daughters shooting all types of guns, ranging from pistols to semi-automatic weapons. the informal girls with guns campaign had hundreds of fans posting stories and pictures to twitter and other social networking sites. but not everyone is all smiles. some parents voiced concern about putting guns in the hands of children. >> so congresswoman, norton, will
then, bias against women in science. behind the headlines: bpa, a chemical used in plastic that's everywhere and raising health concerns. >> hello, i'm bonnie erbe. welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, tweeting firestorm. gop vice presidential candidate paul ryan generated controversy this week when he stopped off from his campaign to buy hunting gear for his 10-year-old daughter. the avid hunter said his daughter is ready...
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why should science be less interesting than golf, baseball or tennis. it's an extremely interesting spintellectactual activities. if you take the pains to explain it you can be understood by everyone. what i try to do is bridge between science and humanities with a specific exam owl than a viennese artist. >> rose: there is an interdisciplinary attempt to understand the unconscious. >> right. there was another thing. it affects not only the person who creates art but also the person who observes it. >> that's a very good point. what emerged from students who began to try to put this together, alice regal -- >> rose: we interviewed him. one of the great historians. >> he pointed out when you look at a painting, you're involved in a creative act. what makes a work of art great is ambiguity. you and i see some different things and the reason we do it is because each of us brings different experiences and the different brains to bear. and we reconstruct the image that we see in our own head. >> rose: what do you want us to understand here abut the uncusunco
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we've become the world leader in science, certainly in biological science. we will fall behind and we will not take advantage of these extraordinary gifted people we brought along. >> the nih this year took a 5% cut there is a 20% increase in china, india, 6% in germany and the u.k. everybody else has recognized this. they're investing in this area. we are-- we are -- >> so let's assume this thing takes off an does all that we know it can if it works as we hope it will. what do you hope it does? for you? i mean personalize it and give me in a sense a final thought as to what it ought to answer for you because you've devoted your life to what you have. >> yeah, to me it's straightforward. i came into this field initially as a psychiatrist and became a neuroscientist. i believe deeply that the disorders of the mind can be understood as brain disorders. that's one way to approach it. >> as biology. >> as biology. >> and circuitry. >> so understanding them as circuit problems in the human brain. and i think that this fro ject could ultimately give us the tools w
we've become the world leader in science, certainly in biological science. we will fall behind and we will not take advantage of these extraordinary gifted people we brought along. >> the nih this year took a 5% cut there is a 20% increase in china, india, 6% in germany and the u.k. everybody else has recognized this. they're investing in this area. we are-- we are -- >> so let's assume this thing takes off an does all that we know it can if it works as we hope it will. what do you...
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tonight, jeffrey brown looks at what it means for science and research. >> brown: in the world of science, the government is a big player-- disbursing money for grants and research. with most federal agencies set to see reductions of roughly 5% of spending. that will mean cuts for the national institutes of health, the centers for disease control, the department of energy, nasa and other key players. matt hourihan has been tracking the immediate and potential impact. he's director of the r&d budget and policy program at the american association for the advancement of science. welcome to you. >> thank you. >> brown: generally speaking, how big a deal is in in the world of government-supported scientific research in. >> it's a very big deal. a very big deal. we're looking at roughly $9.5 billion worth of r&d cuts this year as a result of sequestration. it's about -- those are cuts adding up to almost 7%. these are the largest cuts we've an actually mean? a single year in 40 years. >> brown: those are big numbers. explain how the funding works, maybe through a specific example or two. >> sur
tonight, jeffrey brown looks at what it means for science and research. >> brown: in the world of science, the government is a big player-- disbursing money for grants and research. with most federal agencies set to see reductions of roughly 5% of spending. that will mean cuts for the national institutes of health, the centers for disease control, the department of energy, nasa and other key players. matt hourihan has been tracking the immediate and potential impact. he's director of the...
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in stem, or science, technology, engineering and math careers. the cornell study finds lifestyle choices on the part of women, not workplace gender discrimination, explain why so few women go into and stay in stem careers. yet, every year research institutions pour money into gender diversity and female recruitment programs. the male-female duo who co-authored the report, recommend redirecting that money into flexible work programs, since child-rearing and care giving responsibilities tend to cut into the time women would otherwise devote to careers in stem jobs. >> so, do you agree, star parker, with the researchers who said we're waste money researching why the gender gap in stem jobs? >> i think that the money invested, if we can use that term, was to prove the obvious. that there are gender differences. i think that now in this era the 21st century women are making the choices that fit their lifestyles. we don't see them going in to the particular fields because they are one or the other choice. when it comes down to where they put their valu
in stem, or science, technology, engineering and math careers. the cornell study finds lifestyle choices on the part of women, not workplace gender discrimination, explain why so few women go into and stay in stem careers. yet, every year research institutions pour money into gender diversity and female recruitment programs. the male-female duo who co-authored the report, recommend redirecting that money into flexible work programs, since child-rearing and care giving responsibilities tend to...
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anyway, there are a range of phenomena, and we have a science and the science dates back to the development of several methodologies about 50 years ago. two different approaches began to develop the science of decision-making. one was trying to pick up signals out of noise. bell telephone company, for example, people working in the bell labs were trying to develop methods whereby in a noisy telephone line you could amplify the signal so you could tell the difference between pole and bowl, two very similar-sounding words so to pick the signal out of the noise was a thank they set themselves. another group was focusing on picking the signal out of noise -- mathematicians trying to develop statistical methods to determine whether a particular scientific finding is reliable or a signal in the noise. it turned out that the approaches of both these groups turned out to be very similar and provided an opportunity to really begin to approach these problems in a very systematic way, and to study this in a biological sense, and the biological that emerged is fascinating because even though we're deal
anyway, there are a range of phenomena, and we have a science and the science dates back to the development of several methodologies about 50 years ago. two different approaches began to develop the science of decision-making. one was trying to pick up signals out of noise. bell telephone company, for example, people working in the bell labs were trying to develop methods whereby in a noisy telephone line you could amplify the signal so you could tell the difference between pole and bowl, two...
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, i tried to forget about the sciences for many decades. and i went off and saw the world as a visual artist. and then in this project i came back and really infused the science back into my thinking about, thinking and feeling about the world as an artist. and it turned out that this combination of art and science together has been a really powerful thing that's really animated people and animated their understanding of this. the art is speaking from one half of your brain and the science is speaking from the other half. >> so let me play for you some footage you shared with us of glaciers, and then i have a question about it. watch this. >>> in 1984 the glacier was down there, 11 miles away. and today, it's back here. it receded 11 miles. the gl also thinning at the same time. it's like air being let out of a balloon. you can see what's called the trim line. it's the high water-mark of the glacier in 1984. that vertical change is the height of the empire state building. >>> we're at columbia glacier in alaska, in south central alaa riht a
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it's also science thursday on our site. find some of the most intriguing stories of 2011, including a miles o'brien report on scientists growing human tissue; the recent discovery of two earth-sized planets and much more. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. >> brown: and again to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are ten more. >> suarez: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm ray suarez. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made poss
it's also science thursday on our site. find some of the most intriguing stories of 2011, including a miles o'brien report on scientists growing human tissue; the recent discovery of two earth-sized planets and much more. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. >> brown: and again to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraq and afghanistan conflicts. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are...
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, and how to accelerate science. >> correct. yeah, that's exactly right. i think i've got a finity amount of time i can spend on this planet. and science is generated the most interesting things that i have seen while i have been alive and i want to see it do as much as it can while i'm still alive. >> rose: i will come back to data. >> you bet. >> rose: but let me stay with what you are doing with mount sinai. you became an assistant professor. >> uh-huh. >> rose: what are you hoping to achieve for them? >> sure. so in the short term what i am hoping to achieve is provide them a scaleable infrastructure for data storage and analysis. so that the scientists at mount sinai can do their jobs faster at a lower price. ultimately i would like to be able to use that infrastructure in the short term to improve the quality of health care delivery, lower the cost of health care deliver, potentially discover new therapeutics or diagnostics and integrate these new genomic data sets with existing traditional electronic health care records s
, and how to accelerate science. >> correct. yeah, that's exactly right. i think i've got a finity amount of time i can spend on this planet. and science is generated the most interesting things that i have seen while i have been alive and i want to see it do as much as it can while i'm still alive. >> rose: i will come back to data. >> you bet. >> rose: but let me stay with what you are doing with mount sinai. you became an assistant professor. >> uh-huh. >>...
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so with science not as attractive the japanese government is reviewing how much it spends on science education. but if it wants to encourage more foreign students to study here it needs to invest in the programs they want to study, science and technology. >> thanks for your report. >>> all right. our look at communities in japan continues here on "newsline." later we'll have a story about this country's muslim population and the challenge it faces. the international nature conservation authority says that wild lions are a species that faces extinction. in kenya, for example, lions are in trouble. a severe drought has killed off a lot of their major food source, grass eating animals. now the hungry lions are raiding villages for live stock to feed on. >> reporter: a hungry lion recently showed up in the masai village in southern kenya, crawled its way into a house, and attacked the sheep inside. >> translator: this is rare. in fact, it's the first insta e instance. even the old men of this place are wondering. of course, a next time might be possible. >> reporter: amboseli national pa
so with science not as attractive the japanese government is reviewing how much it spends on science education. but if it wants to encourage more foreign students to study here it needs to invest in the programs they want to study, science and technology. >> thanks for your report. >>> all right. our look at communities in japan continues here on "newsline." later we'll have a story about this country's muslim population and the challenge it faces. the international...
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. >> it's not just the science. it's not just strange behavior on the part of dr. ivins. it's not just an obsession or two. it's not just the mailbox. it's the confluence of all these things taken together. that's compelling evidence. and only when you take a step back and you look at all the evidence taken together can you realize that this is the right person. >> narrator: but after a decade, 600,000 man-hours, and tens of millions of dollars, one of the key scientists who worked on the investigation says she's not convinced the government has made its case against bruce ivins. >> this was not an airtight case, by any means. for an awful lot of people, there is a desire to really want to say that, "yes, ivins was the perpetrator. this case can reasonably be closed." but i think... i think part of what's driving that is the fact that, if he wasn't the perpetrator, then it means that person is still out there. %ç=$ >> narrator: next time on frontline... >> the immigration system just isn't working and we need to ch
. >> it's not just the science. it's not just strange behavior on the part of dr. ivins. it's not just an obsession or two. it's not just the mailbox. it's the confluence of all these things taken together. that's compelling evidence. and only when you take a step back and you look at all the evidence taken together can you realize that this is the right person. >> narrator: but after a decade, 600,000 man-hours, and tens of millions of dollars, one of the key scientists who worked...
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now he is a greater science rickre tha -- denier than perry. he has to decide it to his every morning. that has to be fatiguing. >> who can argue with that? the burning of fossil fuels has produced this greenhouse gas act. if you argue with that -- >> no, it is the second step. can the atmosphere self-correct -- >> can we also agree that in -- since 1850, when we started keeping track of these things, yearsight warmest since 1858 occurred since 1998. do we agree? >> we agree on that, but let me explain what the problem is. in the human body, if you increase the amount of co2, the body has corrective mechanisms. it excretes hormones would create changes in physiology and it brings it down. at a certain point, it cannot handle the access of co2 and you die could the question is, the globe has its own mechanisms of self correction. exactly how they works, how the ocean currents -- >> i hate -- >> is there a point at which it gets overwhelming? we do not know. >> c. lovell actually dropped a little last year. -- sea level actually got a little last
now he is a greater science rickre tha -- denier than perry. he has to decide it to his every morning. that has to be fatiguing. >> who can argue with that? the burning of fossil fuels has produced this greenhouse gas act. if you argue with that -- >> no, it is the second step. can the atmosphere self-correct -- >> can we also agree that in -- since 1850, when we started keeping track of these things, yearsight warmest since 1858 occurred since 1998. do we agree? >> we...
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so the science -- >> lot her finish. >> the science says that this is not a danger to children. i think the obama administration made a big mistake in stepping in to a per view of overruling an f.d.a. decision. i think that that is where the judge has come down and i do -- still think it's our responsibility as parents. it's our responsibility in terms of guiding our young people and decisions that they make. built the science says, it's n harmful and that it should be available over the counter. >> no, this was a -- before we get there -- this is a very interesting and weird situation quite frankly that's been set up here. because first of all you have the f.d.a. saying it should be made available to girls of any age. then you have the obama administration supposedly liberal and progressive and also clearly courting women on reproductive choices saying, no. counterating what the f.d.a. ruled saying, no, we only want this sold to females 16 and older. then you have a federal court judge in new york only applicable in the southern district of new york saying, no, girls of all age
so the science -- >> lot her finish. >> the science says that this is not a danger to children. i think the obama administration made a big mistake in stepping in to a per view of overruling an f.d.a. decision. i think that that is where the judge has come down and i do -- still think it's our responsibility as parents. it's our responsibility in terms of guiding our young people and decisions that they make. built the science says, it's n harmful and that it should be available...
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and so i have been able to broaden my being up to date on science, science medium with great scientists as part of this foundation work. and that's a real pleasure. >> that is an interesting idea. just stay with that for a second. you said in order to do what did you with microsoft you had to what, you just had to, as you once said to me, you just had to have a focus on that at all times and other things suffered. is that simply the price of building a company like microsoft? >> i think its world's best companies are built by fanatics. and when are you in your 20s and 30s, being fanatical becomes-- at least came pretty naturally to me. >> rose: you didn't think there was another way. >> no, i wanted to let everybody have cool software and so i didn't feel that bad that that is what i was doing. i think now in my 50s, this way of operating, where i'm backing a lot of these great scientists is what, you know s the most natural for me. so i'm very-- . >> rose: most natural meaning most in comparison to -- >> trying to be fanatical about one thing, at this point in time so what i did in my
and so i have been able to broaden my being up to date on science, science medium with great scientists as part of this foundation work. and that's a real pleasure. >> that is an interesting idea. just stay with that for a second. you said in order to do what did you with microsoft you had to what, you just had to, as you once said to me, you just had to have a focus on that at all times and other things suffered. is that simply the price of building a company like microsoft? >> i...
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our own science correspondent, miles o'brien, who knew ride, served as the emcee. i talked with him yesterday just before the event. welcome, miles. >> good to be here, jeff. >> brown: was she aware, sally ride aware of being a pioneer and did she feel that responsibility? >> responsibility and she had a lot of discomfort with it. you know, it's interesting. she went into space for the adventure and never really intended to become part ofhe mythology. younow, i think we use the term "hero" in our culture and very few people fully qualify. i think she does qualify because of what she accomplished and the inspiration she gave others but she was always reluctant to bask in that. the fame was something she saw as a two-edged sword. it allowed her to get phone calls answered. got her through some doors but she was never comfortable with the adulation that came along with it. >> brown: describe a little bit more of her wider impact on the space program, right? because it went even beyond the ride that she did. the ride. >> the ride! yes, it wasn't just the ride. that's a
our own science correspondent, miles o'brien, who knew ride, served as the emcee. i talked with him yesterday just before the event. welcome, miles. >> good to be here, jeff. >> brown: was she aware, sally ride aware of being a pioneer and did she feel that responsibility? >> responsibility and she had a lot of discomfort with it. you know, it's interesting. she went into space for the adventure and never really intended to become part ofhe mythology. younow, i think we use...
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, what science has contributed to our knowledge of the subject. you know richard davidson. >> yes, i do. and i have worked with him and we published a paper together on the effects of meditation on the brain and the i am tune system. >> -- immune system. what takes place in the brain when meditation occurs, and do those monks who have meditated for a period of years, say 20 years, do they have a different condition of the brain as a result of the meditation? >> yes. very much so. let me start by saying just so people understand meditation isn't mystical or magical. it is really a way of paying attention in a particular way we're all capable of. on purpose, in the present moment and nonjudgmentally. and the many different things people can build on, the quality of one's attention. if you start to pay attention to how we're paying attention, you wind up realizing very, very quickly our mind is like got a life of its own and it is all over the place all the time. it tends to be fairly scattered. and even when you try to sit down and think about somet
, what science has contributed to our knowledge of the subject. you know richard davidson. >> yes, i do. and i have worked with him and we published a paper together on the effects of meditation on the brain and the i am tune system. >> -- immune system. what takes place in the brain when meditation occurs, and do those monks who have meditated for a period of years, say 20 years, do they have a different condition of the brain as a result of the meditation? >> yes. very much...
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it's not just science or a philosophical thought. i want to see where those thoughts and ideas hitthe streets. i want to see where they actually collide with real stuff. that's kind of everything wre doing, i think. >> rose: i am pleased to have robert krulwich and jad abumrad here at this table. welcome. what is "radiolab"? >> well... ( laughter ) >> that's a really-- it's a very hard question. as ira said, there's a profound active invention going on here. everybody is-- there are a lot of people in our business who know how to tell stories, but if you think about it, there are beats in those stories. there are noises and silences and highs and low, and jad was able to take very complex thoughts that would normally. frighten an average person, and he created somehow the ability to make that thing just flow. and so you listen to this show, which is about tough, big ideaes, and because it jad's cutting it, there is something just liquid. fantastic about it. it just pours over you, and you find yourself sitting there thinking, i still
it's not just science or a philosophical thought. i want to see where those thoughts and ideas hitthe streets. i want to see where they actually collide with real stuff. that's kind of everything wre doing, i think. >> rose: i am pleased to have robert krulwich and jad abumrad here at this table. welcome. what is "radiolab"? >> well... ( laughter ) >> that's a really-- it's a very hard question. as ira said, there's a profound active invention going on here....
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they're good, established science. and if our students don't learn it, they're going to be at a disadvantage to the rest of the world, to china, to britain, to france. and we're not going to do what we need to really make the advances to keep our way of life and ensure the survival of the human race if we don't teach our students science. he has the freedom to be educated and educate his children the way he sees it. but we have to make a specific distinction. not in the public schools, not in publicly funded private schools, like voucher schools. and definitely not educating other people's children. >> you've taken this fight beyond the louisiana law into the fight against school vouchers. why? >> i didn't initially really care about school vouchers because i was fundamentally a science advocate. and i was worried about evolution. and then last summer i got, a friend sent me an article by alternet that had exposed a school in louisiana in this voucher program that was apparently using curriculum that taught the loch ne
they're good, established science. and if our students don't learn it, they're going to be at a disadvantage to the rest of the world, to china, to britain, to france. and we're not going to do what we need to really make the advances to keep our way of life and ensure the survival of the human race if we don't teach our students science. he has the freedom to be educated and educate his children the way he sees it. but we have to make a specific distinction. not in the public schools, not in...
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am >> brown: and it's science thursday on the newshour online. winter is now officially upon us and there, you'll find a story about the science of snowflake formation complete with a snowflake slide show. that's on our website. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: house republicans reversed course and agreed to accept a short-term deal to extend the payroll tax cut. at least 16 bombings shook baghdad killing more than 70 iraqis and wounding well over 200. and the u.s. military blamed bad communications and map information for an airstrike that killed 24 pakistani soldiers last said. it also said the pakistanis triggered the incident by firing first. online, we look at the mood in south korea following the death of the north korean leader. hari sreenivasan explains. hari? >> sreenivasan: "there's a sense of calm," says journalist stella kim based in seoul. find our interview with her on the rundown. there's a follow-up to paul's story about the boom in high- and on art beat, jeff recaps the year in pop music with randall roberts
am >> brown: and it's science thursday on the newshour online. winter is now officially upon us and there, you'll find a story about the science of snowflake formation complete with a snowflake slide show. that's on our website. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: house republicans reversed course and agreed to accept a short-term deal to extend the payroll tax cut. at least 16 bombings shook baghdad killing more than 70 iraqis and wounding well over 200. and the...
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and a desire to engage in the technicalities and the science, reveling in the science and trying to share it as best they can for others. >> woodruff: miles o'brien, our science correspondent, thank you. big loss. >> thank you. >> woodruff: roger mudd reported on sally ride's departure from nasa in 1987 on the newshour. you can watch that video on our web site. also there, ride's own reflections on her shuttle flights and space exploration, recorded 25 years after her first flight. >> ifill: again, the major developments of the day. mitt romney accused president obama of exposing the military to deep cuts and allowing national security leaks for political gain. he spoke one day after mr. obama challenged romney's foreign policy credentials. the u.s. justice department announced sweeping, mandatory reforms for the new orleans police, aimed at ending decades of corruption and abuse. and in syria, government warplanes and helicopters blasted rebels in aleppo, the country's largest city. at the same time, troops largely regained control of damascus. how wide is america's socio- economic divid
and a desire to engage in the technicalities and the science, reveling in the science and trying to share it as best they can for others. >> woodruff: miles o'brien, our science correspondent, thank you. big loss. >> thank you. >> woodruff: roger mudd reported on sally ride's departure from nasa in 1987 on the newshour. you can watch that video on our web site. also there, ride's own reflections on her shuttle flights and space exploration, recorded 25 years after her first...
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with neuroscience, the science of the brain, to formulate a new science of mind. and as we discussed in the earlier series, fundamental assumption of the new science of the mind is that every mental process, from the most trivial ones-- get ago golf ball-- to the most sophisticated elaborateivect are mediated by the brain and we began to realize that all mental disorders, addictiveisorders, must be brain mediated. >> rose: episode one of th dharl charlie rose brain series 2 underwritten by the symons fodation coming up. captioning sponsor by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: it has been said that the brain will be to the 21st century what the at tom was to the 20th century. tonight we continue our explo ration of this fascinating organ with our second charlie rose brain series. in our first season we studied brain science. this year we expand our journey to pro i would have a parallel view of brain disorders. for each program and disorder, scientists and researchers have studied the disease from both a medical an
with neuroscience, the science of the brain, to formulate a new science of mind. and as we discussed in the earlier series, fundamental assumption of the new science of the mind is that every mental process, from the most trivial ones-- get ago golf ball-- to the most sophisticated elaborateivect are mediated by the brain and we began to realize that all mental disorders, addictiveisorders, must be brain mediated. >> rose: episode one of th dharl charlie rose brain series 2 underwritten...
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and newshour science correspondent miles o'brien jumps right in. >> reporter: ou... now i'm not a guy to make a lot of excuses but i didn't get a lot of sleep the night before i found myself here getting ready to play watson arguably the smartest computer in the world in a game of jeopardy. >> same category. 1200. >> reporter: that's david, watson's proud papa. >> you're looking at 10 racks of power 750. there's ten racks. 90 what they call power 50 servers. >> reporter: he introduced me to his silicon progeny. >> overall it's 2,280 cores in that system. about 15. >> reporter: for those of us who don't have a doctorate in computer science, watson is equivalent to about 6,000 high- end home computers. but the secret sauce is the software that gives watson the ability to understand language like no computer ever has. >> kathleen's excavation of this city mentioned in joshua showed the walls had been repaired 17 times. watson? >> what is jericho. >> correct. >> reporter: well enough to play jeopardy at the highest level. with top money winner brad rudder and ken jenning
and newshour science correspondent miles o'brien jumps right in. >> reporter: ou... now i'm not a guy to make a lot of excuses but i didn't get a lot of sleep the night before i found myself here getting ready to play watson arguably the smartest computer in the world in a game of jeopardy. >> same category. 1200. >> reporter: that's david, watson's proud papa. >> you're looking at 10 racks of power 750. there's ten racks. 90 what they call power 50 servers. >>...
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, what science has contributed to our knowledge of the subject. you know richard davidson. >> yes, i do. and i have worked with him and we published a paper together on the effects of meditation on the brain and the i am tune system. >> -- immune system. what takes place in the brain when meditation occurs, and do those monks who have meditated for a period of years, say 20 years, do they have a different condition of the brain as a result of the meditation? >> yes. very much so. let me start by saying just so people understand meditation isn't mystical or magical. it is really a way of paying attention in a particular way we're all capable of. on purpose, in the present moment and nonjudgmentally. and the many different things people can build on, the quality of one's attention. if you start to pay attention to how we're paying attention, you wind up realizing very, very quickly our mind is like got a life of its own and it is all over the place all the time. it tends to be fairly scattered. and even when you try to sit down and think about somet
, what science has contributed to our knowledge of the subject. you know richard davidson. >> yes, i do. and i have worked with him and we published a paper together on the effects of meditation on the brain and the i am tune system. >> -- immune system. what takes place in the brain when meditation occurs, and do those monks who have meditated for a period of years, say 20 years, do they have a different condition of the brain as a result of the meditation? >> yes. very much...